The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-03-05
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message of Governor Stevenson on
House bill No. 66, to take q strip
of country from Idaho and attach
the same to Custer county. The
policy Of cutting and slashing and
changing county boundaries, before
the centers of trade have been es-
tablished by the development OF
natural resources, We have learned
by experience is sometimes injuri-
Gus and always dangerous, and
when changes are made without
providing for an equitable settle
ment of the financial right of all,
it becomes a matter of especial con-
graduation to the people that a
one-man power can step in and
avert the wrong. The reasons given
by the Governor for the refusal of
his signature to the bill are clearly
expressed and should receive the
endorsement Of every good citizen.
Following is the message entire:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Boise City, Idaho, Feb. 8, 1871
Mr.. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE
ASSEMBLY:
GENTLEMEN-It again becomes
my unpleasant duty to return a bill
without my approval-substitute
for House bill No. &c, "An Act to
amend an Act entitled AN Act to
create and organize the county of
Custer"
1t is sought by this bill to change
the boundary lines between the
counties of Custer and Idaho. Any
bill attempting to change the boun-
Diary lines established when the
county was created should be very
carefully considered, and both coun-
ties should give their consent to
the proposed change. / am in
formed that a petition from the
persons livingin the country sought
to be taken from Idaho county and
given to Custer county has been
presented to your honorable body /;
but such petition should receive no
consideration unless the PROPOSE
ton shall be fair and honorable
upon its face, and the bill granting
the prayer of the petitioners shall
agree to pay to Idaho county their
full proportion of the county in
debtedness and such other consid-
Grafton as may be just and equita
BILE. If one county can take one
mile of territory from another coun-
ty and attach it to herself without
any consideration, then she may
take it all except the village in
which the county seat is located,
and leave the entire county debt to
be paid by the few inhabitants left
in the injured county. | copy an
extract from a remonstrance re-
ceived yesterday from Idaho coun-
ty: +" House bill, No. 66 proposes to
take big chunk east and south OF
Warrens and very rich mineral
district that was discovered last
fall, and from the transfers recorded
here late last fall from that region
and the prices paid, it is expected
by our people that this slice will
next summer be developed as one
Of the richest districts of quartz in
Idaho, and we need it badly. Our
county is over $4,000 in debt, with
a light revenue. We don't want to
injure Custer county nor take any
Of her territory, but we do want
what honestly belongs to us and
we will not stand by silently and
see her steal our substance, leaving
our debt behind"
The veto power given by congress
10 the Governor was for the pur-
pose of checking hasty and dishon-
sst legislation and guarding the
rights of the weak against the pow
srful organizations of the strong
and wealthy, and also to see that
equal and exact justice shall be
administered to every portion OF
he territory, and that rings and
particular localities shall not com
'ine together to pass unjust and
discriminating laws.
Respectfully yours,
f.. A. STEVENSON, Governor.